#please jeeves

Unlike the original version, here Jeeves asks Bertie if he'd like to have one too, to which Bertie only thinks to himself, "how dexterous..." Mind you, I'm basing this on mtl and a quick search in a dictionary but if this is really what they're saying, then what I find particularly hilarious is that he asks this right after Bertie realizes he's got the perfect opportunity to best Jeeves in the brain department. So now Bertie is reminded of the fact that, on top of being brainy, his valet is also frustratingly adroit (and I suspect Jeeves is being a subtle show-off).

Yes, the y.m. can have a hankie bunny too, as a lucky charm (ᴗ_ ᴗ ) Now off you go! Set your silly scheme in motion, Jeeves's spirit shall watch over you.

questioning everything that has led him to this point in his life and regretting not listening to Jeeves’s suggestion while looking at the stars and feeling lonely...

Bertie (and Clementina) keeps it until the end <3

Unrelated panel that I found adorable:

What ho, everyone! My deepest apologies for the radio silence. I'll admit that my passion for Jeeves waned a jot, but I'd like to get both Please, Jeeves and the Letters Regarding Jeeves Substack back on track post-haste. The illnesses cannot fully restrain me from Wodehousean hijinks, by Jove!

In the meantime, our jolly little association has put out a translation of an unrelated short manga oneshot called "X Thy Neighbour", about the Christmas Truce of WWI! So if British history in any way tickles your fancy, then why not have a look?

Our group thus far intends to translate one more Britain-set historical manga - Trafalgar by Yasuko Aoike, about the Napoleonic Wars, though I don't have a checker for that one at the moment - as well as an old Sherlock Holmes game for the Famicom, alongside the continuation of work on Please, Jeeves. More projects may come someday in the distant future, but these are it for now!

(In short, thank you very much for your patience! I fear I am rather slow at translation, especially since I need my translations to be checked for inaccuracies.)

My family partner recently sent me a package from Japan that included these three volumes of manga that I’m so incredibly excited about! This series is called Please Jeeves based on the Jeeves stories by P. G. Wodehouse from the UK starting in 1915.

The story is about Bertie Wooster, a hapless aristocrat and his hyper competent valet, Jeeves, who is always getting him out of trouble.

Though the English translation is still trucking along (forgive me and my terrible slowness), you can now view all the original Japanese manga scans up to volume 4 at this link here! Thank you once again to @cocoacave for doing such great work!

Letter!!! Bertie Wooster sent a letter and I'm already scared because maybe Bingo Little will be here~ Brace yourself, this can get rummy...

Claude and Eustace are so dangerous together, I like that, the image of them doing stupid things like in the manga Please, Jeeves (by Morimura Tamaki and Katsuta Bun) lives rent free in my heart.

I handed this to Jeeves. He studied it thoughtfully. “What do you make of it? A rummy communication, what?” “Very high-spirited young gentlemen, sir, Mr. Claude and Mr. Eustace. Up to some game, I should be disposed to imagine.” “Yes. But what game, do you think?” “It is impossible to say, sir. Did you observe that the letter continues over the page?” “Eh, what?”

Jeeves has Kowalski vibes~

Great pals we’ve always been. In fact, there was a time when I had an idea I was in love with Cynthia. However, it blew over. A dashed pretty and lively and attractive girl, mind you, but full of ideals and all that. I may be wronging her, but I have an idea that she’s the sort of girl who would want a fellow to carve out a career and whatnot.

Bertie has a girl friend, a friend who is a girl, a friend called Cynthia~ that's cute. I really like to read about friendship between people of different gender.

“Young Bingo Little. Great pal of mine. He’s tutoring your brother, you know.” “Good gracious! Is he a friend of yours?” “Rather! Known him all my life.” “Then tell me, Bertie, is he at all weak in the head?” “Weak in the head?” “I don’t mean simply because he’s a friend of yours. But he’s so strange in his manner.”

Well, Cynthia has an opinion™ of Bertie and his friends, but there's a chemistry between them like ex lovers turned into friends, or that weird relationship that some people have this their first boyfriend/girlfriend/idon'tknow that can be so cute and weird at the same time. I love that kind of relationship. Platonic? Maybe, I can't find the words right now.

“Well, you might have let your pals know where you were.” He frowned darkly. “I didn’t want them to know where I was. I wanted to creep away and hide myself. I’ve been through a bad time, Bertie, these last weeks. The sun ceased to shine⁠—”

Bingo is heartbroken and Bertie can't sense that. Read the room, dear Bertie~ but Bingo falls in love so easily that it's not a surprise that he fell in love with Cynthia. The surprise factor is the poetry:

“When Cynthia smiles,” said young Bingo, “the skies are blue; the world takes on a roseate hue: birds in the garden trill and sing, and Joy is king of everything, when Cynthia smiles.” He coughed, changing gears. “When Cynthia frowns⁠—” “What the devil are you talking about?” “I’m reading you my poem. The one I wrote to Cynthia last night. I’ll go on, shall I?”

Let this poor man have his morning tea!

Claude and Eustace are troublemakers with brilliant minds, but instead of to use those brains in solving problems like Jeeves, they try to earn money in a easy way. They could start their own multi-level marketing, Ponzi scheme, or even become gentlemen thieves like Raffles and Bunny (but with two Raffles and no Bunny... unless Bertie is Bunny... anyway~)

“I say, old man,” I couldn’t help saying, “aren’t you looking ahead rather far?” “Oh, that’s all right. It’s true nothing’s actually settled yet, but she practically told me the other day she was fond of me.” “What!” “Well, she said that the sort of man she liked was the self-reliant, manly man with strength, good looks, character, ambition, and initiative.” “Leave me, laddie,” I said. “Leave me to my fried egg.”

Do you like old British literature? Do you like silly comedies about guys getting into ridiculous situations for petty reasons? Then you will probably enjoy Please, Jeeves, the official manga adaptation of the Jeeves and Wooster stories by P. G. Wodehouse!

A few randomly-selected sample pages for your perusal...